Playing the Past: History and Nostalgia in Video Games
Author:   Zach Whalen ,  Laurie N. Taylor
Publisher:   Vanderbilt University Press
ISBN:  

9780826516015


Pages:   296
Publication Date:   17 October 2008
Format:   Paperback
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Playing the Past: History and Nostalgia in Video Games


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Playing the Past brings together an eclectic group of young scholars to examine the complementary notions of history and nostalgia as they are expressed through video games and in gaming culture. By focusing on specific games (e.g., Ms. Pac-Man and JFK: Reloaded), historical periods and media ecologies, these essays collectively take an in depth look at the related topics of nostalgia for classic gaming, gaming and histories of other media, and representations of real history in video games.

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Author:   Zach Whalen ,  Laurie N. Taylor
Publisher:   Vanderbilt University Press
Imprint:   Vanderbilt University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.90cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.30cm
Weight:   0.447kg
ISBN:  

9780826516015


ISBN 10:   0826516017
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   17 October 2008
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Laurie N. Taylor, PhD, researches video games and digital media at the University of Florida. Her articles have appeared in Game Studies: The International Journal of Computer Game Research, Media/Culture, Computers and Composition Online and Works & Days. Zach Whalen, a PhD Fellow at the University of Florida, edits the game studies blog Gameology.org and is Production Editor for ImageTexT: Interdisciplinary Comics Studies.

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